Fruit-car.



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Patented Apr. 2,1!901. M. M. BLLINGER & M. DRAGOO.

FRUIT CAR.

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MARK M. BOLLINGER AND MIKE DRAGOO, OF REEDLEY, CALIFORNIA.

FRUIT-GAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 671,178, dated April 2, 1901.

Application led August 8, 1900. Serial No. 26,261. (No model.)

To LZZ whom, it may concern/.f

Be it known that we, MARK M. BOLLINGER and MIKE DRAGOO, citizens of the United States, residing at Reedley, in the county of Fresno and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fruit-Cars; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The invention relates to certain improvements in cars or trucks for the transportation of any desired articles, more especially for use in fruit-drying houses in fruit growing or raising sections. It provides for the ready and convenient reception and holding of the fruit while being removed from the car or truck and for the transportation of the same from point to point, as well as facility and convenience in placing the fruit or articles in the truck and removing them therefrom.

It consists of a car or truck of the character and construction substantially as hereinafter more fully disclosed, and pointed out by the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a side view showing the lower section of the body of the truck raised. Fig. 2 isa longitudinal section. Fig. 3 is a cross-section. Fig. 4 is a plan View.

In carrying out our invention we construct the body of the. truck of a movable lower frame or section l, suitably secured to axles 2, provided with wheels 3, and of a stationary scction or frame la, and centrally of and tosaid upper section is secured a cross-piece lb. A board 1c is suspended iiXedly from the inner sides of the upper stationary section la, near the lower edges of the lower section 1,tby means of metal straps 1d, with their ends secured to said upper section and board, respectively. A second board, constituting what may be termed a turn-table 5, is arranged in a plane below the lower movable section l and said board l, and normally rests just above the surface, or on a track, being secured to a standard 4 pivoted in the crosspiece 1b of the upper fixed section or frame la, and passed through the board l, said upper section thus being permitted to turn upon said standard. Hung or journaled upon the under side of the board or piece liare rolls 6, adapted to bear or travel upon the turn-table or base 5 to reduce friction as the truck is turned or reversed end for end in loading the truck or changing the direction of movement thereof, as will be more fully seen hereinafter.

The body-section 1 and the upper framelike section 1a are connected laterally by toggle-levers 7 two arranged upon each side near the ends with the central connecting pin or pivot 7a of each pair of the fieXibly-jointed portion or links of each toggle-lever connected to a rod or bar 8 S 8' 8', respectively. These rods or bars in turn are connected to a preferably hand-actuated lever, Fig. 9, suitably fulcrumed upon the truck at 011e end and adapted as it is actuated to move said bars or rods and cause the actuation of said toggle-levers, as will be readily appreciated, so as to eect the raising of the lower or body section proper of the truck, together with its wheels, thus removing the latter from the surface (or rails, if the truck be run on a railway) and bringing the turn-table base 5 in contact with the ground or surface, as is apparent. This provides for the ready turning or reversing of the truck, as may be required, for greater convenience in placing the article or fruit therein from the position of the user and changing the direction of movement of the truck, as will be readily understood.

When the car or truck is loaded, it is only necessary to reverse the actuation of the hand-lever 9, when the body-section will be lowered, with its wheels, when the truck may be run along thereon, as in ordinary use, and its contents transported to the required point.

Having thus described the invention, what We claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A truck of the character described, coinprising an upper frame or section, a lower frame or section, means for actuating said frames or sections a board or base carried by said upper frame and arranged near the lower edge of said lower frame, and a second board IOO or turn-table carried by a standard or pivot l connected to the upper frame, substantially as set forth.

2. A truck of the character described, comprising an upper section or frame, a lower section or frame, means for actuating said upper frame, a board or base connected by metal straps to the inner sides of said upper frame and arranged near the lower edge of said lower section, and a turn-table connected to said upper frame and arranged below said board or base, said board bearing rolls adapted to travel uponsaid turn-table, sub- Stantially as set forth.

3. A truck of the character described, oomprising an upper section or frame a lower frame or section, toggle-levers connected to said upper and lower frames or sections, a

. having rolls adapted to travel upon said turn# zo table, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof we afx our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

MARK BOLLINGER. MIKE DRAGOO. Witnesses:

A. HARVEY, M. B. HARRISi 

